Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer (Patuxent River, MD / Mid-level)
US · city not listedOn-site
Pay not posted
View job →FDE jobs at Spear AI
Builds maritime AI software and sensors and provides engineering services for defense and national security missions.
Early (pre-seed–Series A) · About 51–200 people
7 postings, 2 new in the last 30 days4 metrosCareers at Spear AI ↗read
7 open FDE roles at Spear AI
Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Washington, D.C. / Hybrid) [TS/SCI with CI poly]
Washington, DCHybrid
Pay not posted
View job →Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Suitland, MD / Hybrid) [TS/SCI]
Suitland, MDHybrid
Pay not posted
View job →Forward Deployed Data Engineer (Manassas, VA / Senior) [Secret]
Manassas, VAOn-site
Pay not posted
View job →Pay not posted
View job →Show 2 more titles (2 postings)
Mission Data Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
View job →Mission Engineer
Washington, DCOn-site
Pay not posted
View job →All 7 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems.
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How Spear AI describes FDE work
Mention travel
How often postings mention travel
43% of postings · US 42%
About average
Senior or staff level
Senior-level responsibility or above
71% of postings · US 94%
Well below average
Require production code
Postings that involve writing production code
100% of postings · US 80%
Well above average
Remote allowed
Postings that allow remote work
0% of postings · US 30%
Well below average
Work for external customers
Work done for people outside the company
100% of postings · US 86%
Above average
Include pre-sales work
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
0% of postings · US 24%
Well below average
0%50%100%
Spear AI’s postings allow remote work far less often than the US average (0% vs 30%) and involve pre-sales less often (0% vs 24%).
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